Posted on 01/03/2026 12:19:15 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
https://babylonbee.com/news/classic-trump-has-delta-force-tell-maduro-youre-fired
CARACAS — In a classic Trump move, the President ordered the Delta Force operators who captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to say "You're fired" upon deposing him.
The entire Situation Room reportedly broke out in cheers as cameras showed Delta Force soldiers pointing at Maduro and saying Trump's iconic Apprentice catchphrase.
"Oh man, their delivery was so perfect," said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, high-fiving Trump. "The look on his face! Maduro's all shook up, thinking he's about to die, then they just say 'you're fired'. Goodness, I can't stop laughing."
According to sources, Trump has had the Delta Force team practicing his old catchphrase while also running drills to prepare for the extraction. "Trump wanted absolute perfection. We must have run the drill with the catchphrase a thousand times," said a Delta Force team member, on condition of anonymity. "You had to get the pointing just right, the intonation. It was all worth it though, in the end."
At publishing time, NBC had announced a reboot of The Apprentice where Trump would personally deliver his old catchphrase to newly deposed foreign dictators.
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Half of our country is missing out on some great humor.
OK, Pluribus, this is gonna be thread of the day!
The Bee burned me...
... again.
😂
Many a true word spoken in jest...Shakespeare.
ROFL! Nice! Perfect!
They’re soldiers. Not “operators”. My mom was an operator…number please.
https://x.com/i/grok/share/4DhV36eW9UjoBxBy4KiUuAKe4
A military operator is a colloquial term commonly used in modern military contexts, particularly within the U.S. armed forces, to refer to a member of special operations forces (SOF) — elite personnel trained for high-risk, specialized missions.
Unlike a standard "soldier" (a general term for any enlisted service member, often implying conventional forces), "operator" typically denotes someone in units like Army Special Forces (Green Berets), Delta Force, Navy SEALs (including DEVGRU/SEAL Team 6), or other tier-one special mission units. These individuals undergo rigorous selection and training, such as the Operator Training Course (OTC) in Delta Force, to earn the designation.
The term originated in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the mid-to-late 1950s, with early references to a "Code of the Special Forces Operator." It gained wider use in the 1970s–1980s, especially with Delta Force, to distinguish combat-ready operational personnel from support staff. Today, it's broadly applied across SOF for roles involving direct action, counterterrorism, hostage rescue, special reconnaissance, and unconventional warfare.
the elite soldiers are operators
Love it!!
Silliness... modern kidspeak.
Well done Bee...
The term originated in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the mid-to-late 1950s...
Your ignorance does not imply silliness on anyone else's part.
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